Report claims that Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned
{{date|April 30, 2007}}
[[Image:Bob Woolmer.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Bob Woolmer <br/> May 14, 1948 - March 18, 2007]]
[[Pakistan]]i cricket coach [[w:Bob Woolmer|Bob Woolmer]], who was found dead in his hotel room after the shock loss of the Pakistani cricket team to lowly-ranked Ireland during the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|Cricket World Cup]], was poisoned before being strangled, according to a TV report due to be broadcast on the BBC News programme ''[[w:Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]''.

According to the programme, a toxicology report prepared after Woolmer's death indicates that he had a substance in his bloodstream which would have incapacitated him, leaving him helpless.  This would explain how Woolmer, a large man over six feet tall, was strangled with little sign of a struggle.

Speculation has been rife in the cricketing community that Woolmer's death is connected to [[w:match fixing|match fixing]], a practice which rocked the sport in the late 1990s.  [[Jamaica]]n police, however, have consistently refused to comment as to whether they have any leads on the case.

==Related news==
*{{wikinews|title=Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer murdered; investigation underway|date=March 23, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cricketweb.net/article.php?CategoryIDAuto=1&NewsIDAuto=3834
|title=Woolmer drugged - BBC
|author=Richard Edmunds
|pub=Cricket Web
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=a08efc32-fabc-4abf-911b-3c79c70b373c&k=18556
|title=Slain Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer poisoned: TV Report
|author=
|pub=Canada.com
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0430/woolmerb.html
|title=Cricket coach Woolmer 'poisoned'
|author=
|pub=RTÉ
|date=April 30, 2007}}

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Bob Woolmer  May 14, 1948 - March 18, 2007
Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer, who was found dead in his hotel room after the shock loss of the Pakistani cricket team to lowly-ranked Ireland during the Cricket World Cup, was poisoned before being strangled, according to a TV report due to be broadcast on the BBC News programme Panorama.

According to the programme, a toxicology report prepared after Woolmer's death indicates that he had a substance in his bloodstream which would have incapacitated him, leaving him helpless.  This would explain how Woolmer, a large man over six feet tall, was strangled with little sign of a struggle.

Speculation has been rife in the cricketing community that Woolmer's death is connected to match fixing, a practice which rocked the sport in the late 1990s.  Jamaican police, however, have consistently refused to comment as to whether they have any leads on the case.
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